Literature-In-English Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.

• Question 201: David Diop's poem 'The Vultures', ends in a Options:
  A) denunciation of colonialism
  B) resignation to oppression
  C) vindication of apartheid
  D) renunciation of African culture
  E) proclamanation of hope.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 202: This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  The play opens with a conversation between Aaron and Awere about Options:
  A) Aaron's choice of course
  B) Maanan's encounter with the lawyer
  C) George qnd Kofi
  D) Hannah and George
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 203: Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined Vice Options:
  A) cat
  B) dress
  C) show
  D) chalk
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 204:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  The epilogue of the play deals with the

  Options:
  A) impermanence of nature
  B) impermanence of love
  C) impermanence of nature and womanhood
  D) shortness of love and life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 205:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears

  'A repulsive game, nonetheless. Majority participation in a voice doesn't turn it into a virtue,no matter the social standing of the participants.

  The game referred to in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) graft
  B) gambling
  C) draught
  D) scrambling
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 206: In literary devices, pun deals with Options:
  A) placing words side by side
  B) playing on words
  C) arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
  D) placing two opposite phrases
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 207:

  This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.

  The dominant impression of the first person narrative in the novel gives it

  Options:
  A) an omniscient character
  B) an epistolary character
  C) a biographical character
  D) an autobiographical character
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 208:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea

  The skeleton of the marlin implies the

  Options:
  A) sharks' predatory inclination
  B) futility of human struggle
  C) old man's lack of faith
  D) old man's incompetence in fishing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 209: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Caliban's intention to rape Miranda is born out of the desire to Options:
  A) marry her
  B) destroy the island
  C) compete with Ferdinand
  D) populate the island with Calibans
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 210:

  Awonoor's 'The Anvil and the Hammer' is best described as a/an___________

  Options:
  A) free verse
  B) blank verse
  C) ode
  D) apologue
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  The correct answer is A .